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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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blensor ◴[08 May 25 17:02 UTC] No.43928317[source]▶
I wonder if there is any other event in recent history that is communicated as quickly to as many people as the fact that a new pope has been elected.

I was out on the streets when the church bells started ringing here in Vienna as must have all around the globe where there are catholic churches

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qsort ◴[08 May 25 17:29 UTC] No.43928748[source]▶
Probably not as spiritually fulfilling, but the stock market would be an example of that happening at sub-second latencies, every day, all day.
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1. blensor ◴[08 May 25 22:58 UTC] No.43932193[source]▶
What I was thinking is that a billion people all around the globe got an involuntary information upload all at roughly the same time.

Being on the street hearing the bells and recognizing what it meant while a huge number of people all around the globe have the same realization at the same time feels somehow incredibly connecting, and not even necessarily at a religious level.